Privacy and security of medical information
Jobes, K.E.; White, E.R.; Antonelli, P.J.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 35(6): 1203-9 Vi
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6665 PMID: 12687737 Document Number: 541668
Increasingly, medical information is being stored, accessed, and communicated electronically, which makes this information vulnerable to breaches in security and privacy. Clinicians must be familiar with the best practices for keeping medical information private, as well as the local, state, and federal regulations that govern the security, privacy and patient-identifiable information. Noncompliance carries the potential for civil and criminal penalties.